The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-01
IOWA STATE NEWS.

INV "A
Upton has raised $4,000 to drill an
artesian well.
A third bridge is to be built over the
Mississippi river at Dubuque.
Iowa has 200 lodges of Good Temp
.ars, with membership of 1000.
Wild grapes are very abundant in
the Missouri valley near Council Bluffs.
It is said that natural gas has been
discovered six miles north Of Burling-
ton.
Windland, the name of station on
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul 4.
T.. has been changed to Hull.
The work on the new Baptist church
at Red Oak was commenced Thursday.
The structure will cost $4,000.
At the reunion Of the First Iowa at
Muscatine more than 100 survivors were
present, now residents of the State.
A 14-ycar-old boy at Dubuque lam
guishes in the calaboose for stealing from
a gentleman's vest pocket 800 watch.
Ida Grove has secured pledges to
the amount Of $16, 600 as a bonus for
the location Of the Methodist college Of
Northwestern Iowa.
Reunion of 30th Iowa will be held at
Mediapolis August 81 and Sept. l. r.
r. rates Il. This is tho fifth reunion;
let all comrades attend.
Father Kreckcl has asked the school
board Of Ottumwa to make 4 Catholic
public school there to be maintained out
Of the public school fund.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Company is about to build new
freight depot at Creston and puts in an
overhead foot bridge over the tracks.
DIR. j. Hardman, of Muscatine, has
been reappointcd by Governor LARA
bee member Of the State Board Of
Dental Examiners, to take effect Aug
ust 1st.
John Mears, farmer living at Sage
vile. while driving home from the city
was thrown from the wagon and run
over, sustaining injuries that are though,
to be fatal.
In Washington county five ladies,
Misses Swishcr, Tate. Mcmillan, Smithe
and Buchanan, are candidates fol
Superintendent of Schools and will PC
before the primaries next week.
The shaft of the monument to Chic
Keokuk at Rand Park. will be compile
ted by the time of Tri-State Old Settlers
reunion. Aug. 30th. The date Of til,
completion of the statue is indefinite.
The Van Buren, County Agriculture
Society is the oldest in the State, hav
ing held fairs annually for thirty-eigh
years without break. Its next fai
will be held September Is, IA and IL
The officers Of the Minnesota & North
western Railroad are making inquire
as to how to get into Davenport an
Rock Island and their engineers will b
there next week to survey route for
new line.
i Lots were sold Wednesday at Dull
nque to the Chicago, Burlington an
Northern railway for 81 900, to be used
says the Times. for the western term
mus Of new bridge over th
Mississippi.
/ A Vinton man brought suit agains
J. H. Haverly for $l2O unpaid wage
and attached the proceeds of the sale I
tickets at Cedar Rapids for the amount
Tho well-known minstrel manager wa
compelled to settle the bill.
/ While driving in the country east {
Sac City, last Sunday in company wit
his sister, the fifteen year old son OF
II. Hansen, was thrown from a roa
,art against barb wire fence and ha
us right leg torn and mangled aboy
he knee.
/ A farmer hitched a $4OO horse to on
If the iron hitching posts on the street
Of Davenport and the animal SO hui
itself that it died in few days. Ther
have been many such complaints befol
and it is conceded that the posts al
! dangerous.
On July so telegraph operator :
Davenport was assaulted at night an
when picked up serious wound WI
iound on the back of his neck. which
las been discovered was made by
pistol shot. His assailant was q paints
J named Noel Bradford.
LeMars Globe: When the town WI
laid out six young ladies went up on
special car with the officials Of ii
road; their names were. respectivel,
Laura, Emma. Mary, Annie, Rose an
!, Susan. BY taking the first letter
each Of their names we get LeMars.
L. D. Shipley was brought to Keoku
by Deputy Marshal Schlotler from Herr
dom, Guthrie county, charged with o
tanning about $500 worth of goods fro
Irwin, Phillips 4 Co. under false pr
lenses. 1t is alleged that he has bee
avoiding arrest up in Guthrie count
Mrs. Smith, an old respected lady,
Iowa Falls, met with terrible accideI
which resulted in her death. She ha
arisen to 60 down stairs to breakfa
and as she approached the head of Il
stairs, she in some way stumbled al
fell to the bottom, breaking her nee
. She survived the accident only two
three minutes.
During storm one afternoon In
week, and while the station agent W,
absent, lightning struck the depot
Ruthven, and when discovered Il
flames had broken through the roo
The fire WAS put out with water tax;
from the pond near, which had ju
been filled by the heavy rain.
} A distressing accident occurred
Ayr, to aparty of boys playing at a pom
They were engaged in playing Jess
James with revolvers, when one in Il
hands of joey Sellarvls, l2-year-o
boy. went crashing through tho bra
Of johnnie Spears, aged Is. He WI
killed instantly, and therefore tv
homes are darkened.
. The second trial of the State of low
rs. Elias Adams, took place at Wapel
and resulted in a prompt conviction Il
handling intoxicating liquors. The d